This Week In Tennis
​Season 2, Vol 8

​#ThisWeekInTennisrecaps the tennis happenings of the last week via news reports, player tweets, featured articles, rankings, and podcasts.

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RUNDOWN

Andy Murray won for the first time in Dubai, in his first event since the Australian Open. Murray saved seven match points in a quarterfinal against Philipp Kohlschreiber before beating Fernando Verdasco in the final. The world #1 also told reporters he battled shingles during his absence from the tour.

Sam Querrey scored the biggest title of his career, overcoming Rafael Nadal in the Acapulco final. Querrey beat four top 20 players en route to wearing the Champion's sombrero at tournament's end: Goffin, Thiem, Kyrgios, and the aforementioned Nadal.

Rafael Nadal made his third trip to the Acapulco final in three tries. Unlike his two prior appearances, Nadal came up one match short of the title, losing to Sam Querrey.

Fernando ​Verdasco's resurgent 2017 campaign (SF, Doha) continued last week in Dubai, reaching the final before losing to Andy Murray. The Spaniard's new ranking of #29 is his highest since July 7. 2014.

Roger Federer suffered a shock loss to Evgeny Donskoy in Dubai. In his first appearance since winning an 18th Grand Slam title in Australia, Federer beat Benoit Paire in his opening match before losing three match points in the second set and a 5-1 lead in the deciding tiebreak to the world #116.

Novak Djokovic appeared to regain form in beating Juan Martin del Potro in a three-set Acapulco second round match. However, the world #2 would go on to lose in straight sets his next time out to Nick Kyrgios. The Australian has now beaten each of Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic in his first meeting with all three.